“The entire reason that New Jersey has fared better than other states has to do with the availability of and access to online and mobile betting,” said Dustin Gouker, lead sports betting analyst for Play NJ, an online guide to New Jersey's internet gambling sites. The southern states of Mississippi and West Virginia received revenues of $25 million and $10 million, respectively, through April 30 after legalizing sports wagering last summer.
Neighboring Pennsylvania netted $242.4 million of sports betting revenue five months after debuting legalized wagers in November, while Rhode Island reported just $1.8 million in that same time frame.
Delaware rolled out sports betting the same month as New Jersey, but through April had only reported $13.7 million of taxable revenue.
